Silent Movies

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

A young history student goes to his uncle’s mansion to find out what caused the old man descend into madness.

Every day, a father works to accumulate the money needed to buy go-kart tires for his daughter and himself. At the racetrack or at home, nothing...

Three men drive into the desert at night to wrestle with an unspeakable evil.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Kupferberg Gold ad by Pinschewer.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

Join us down deep within the basement of ToonMan as a not so colorful cast of characters join together only once in a half moon to play poker for one...

What happens to art when it loses its artist?

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

A metallic cacophony resounds as Eric hunts for, and labours through, abandoned scrap. The sun beats down as his pick-up truck rumbles through the...

Short silent animated film

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Short animated film

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.